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Meaning of ayah | Babel Free

Noun CEFR B1
/ˈaɪ.ə/

Definitions

  1. A South Asian female servant, maid or nanny, historically, often one working for Europeans in South Asia.
  2. A verse in the Quran.

Equivalents

العربية آية
Čeština Ája
Español aleya
Français aya
עברית איה
हिन्दी आयत आया
Bahasa Indonesia ayat
日本語 アーヤ
Nederlands aja baboe
Polski aja
Русский ая́т
Türkçe ayet

Examples

“She manufactured the Station scandal, and talked to her ayah.”
“[…] a cot of iron had to be manufactured for [Bhim] after he had demolished two wooden cribs with a lusty kick of his foot; and a succession of bruised ayahs had finally to be replaced by a male attendant, a former Hastinapur all-in wrestling champion.”

CEFR level

B1
Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B1 vocabulary — intermediate level.

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